Scissors gauge



May 25 192.6. 1,585,927

. F. J. LEWIS SCISSORS GAUGE Filed June 13 1923 Patented May 25 1926.

UNITED STATES FRANK J. LEWIS, OF WINNER, SOUTH DAKOTA.

SCISSORS GAUGE.

Application filed June 13, 1923.

This invention relates to scissors gauges, and particularly to a deviceadapted to hold scissors while being honed or otherwise sharpened; thesaid invention having for an object the provision of novel means wherebyboth blades are held in certain position with relation to each other,the blade not being treated being held against independ ent movementwith relation to the blade under treatment.

An object of this invention is to provide a novel clamp and gaugeadapted for use in connection with scissors of different sizes, withinpredetermined bounds, novel means being provided also for permitting anadjustment of the handle with relation to the clamp in order that thedevice may be set to present the blade being treated so that the properbevel will be formed on the blade.

It is a further object of this invention to produce a clamp of thecharacter indicated comprising jaws and a connection for the handlehaving a one-piece structure, and as sociated with a handle and aclamping screw that will prove efficient and satisfactory in use andcomparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination ofparts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings forming part of this application wherein likecharacters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in whichFigure 1 illustrates a plan view of the scissors gauge embodying theinvention with the scissors applied thereto;

Figure 2 illustrates a plan view thereof with a fragment of the handleomitted, with the scissors disconnected therefrom; and

Figure 3 illustrates a view in side elevation of the device.

In the present embodiment of the invention, the clamping elementconsists of two integral and coacting jaws 5 and 6, the former of whichhas a recess 7 in its end forming a clearance for the head of the screwor pivot 8 on which the scissors blades are mounted.

The jaw 6 is bifurcated and extends outwardly across the jaw 5 in orderthat the furcations 9 and 10 may overlie a blade of Serial No. 645,113.

the scissors to clamp it into engagement with T 5 The jaws beingintegral are preferably 57 formed of rather rigid though resilientmaterial in order that the jaws may be opened when the clamping screw isreleased, to free the blade, as will presently appear.

The jaws are forced together by reason i of the fact that a bolt 11extends through apertures 12 and 13 in the respective jaws, andpreferably, a wing nut 14 is threaded on the bolt and it serves to forcethe jaws into engagement with the blade of the scissors, it beingunderstood that when the nut is backed, the spring action of the metalfrom which the jaws are formed will serve to separate the jaws.

An ear 15 is formed integral with the jaws and is preferably bentdownwardly parallel with the bolt. The ear has an aperture for thereception of a screw 16 on which a handle 17 is oscillatably mounted,the said handle preferably being formed of fiat metal hav ing aquarter-turn between its ends in order that that portion of the handlewhich is connected to the car will lie parallel with the ear and thehandle portion will extend at right angles thereto.

The handle terminates in an angularly disposed portion 18 having a foot19 which will serve as a support for the handle, if it is desired toreciprocate the foot on a plane surface in order to maintain the bladeat a proper angle with respect to the abrading material over which it ismoved.

The device in the present embodiment of the invention is shown as havingbeen constructed from sheet metal, and it will be obvious that thedevice can be made almost wholly by the stamping process; therefore, thecost of manufacture. will be comparatively small, as stated.

I claim:

1. In a scissors gauge, coacting integral jaws, one of which isbifurcated, the furcations of the one jaw extending across the other jawand being adapted to clamp a scissors blade between them, means formoving the clamping jaws toward each other and holding them in saidadjusted position, a handle, and means for pivotally connecting thehandle to the aws.

2. In a scissors gauge, coacting integral jaws, one of which isbifurcated, the furcations of the one jaw extending across the other jawand being adapted to clamp a scissors blade between them, means formoving the jaws toward each other and holding them in said adjustedposition, a handle, an ear integral with the jaws, and means forpivotally connecting the handle to the ear.

3. In a scissors gauge, a pair of integral jaws which cross at rightangles, one of which has a recess in its end forming a clearance for oneof the blades of scissors, the other of said jaws being bifurcated andthe furcations thereof extending across the first mentioned jaw, meansfor forcing the jaws in contact with an object to be held, and a handlepivotally and adjustably connected to the said jaws.

4. In a scissors gauge, a pair of integral jaws, one of which has arecess in itsend forming a clearance, the other of said jaws beingbifurcated and the furcations thereof extending across the firstmentioned jaw, means for forcing the jaws in contact with an object tobe held, an ear formed integral with one of the said jaws and extendingtherefron' toward the opposite jaw, and a handle pivotally andadjustably connected to the said ear.

In a scissors gauge, a pair of jaws, one of which extends over theother, one of said jaws having a bifurcated end adapted to lie on ablade of scissors with the other blade of the scissors in the spacebetween furca tions of the jaw, means for forcing the jaw whichcooperates with the bifurcated jaw into engagen' ient with the bladewhose sur face is engaged by the bifurcated jaw, and a handle connectedto the said jaws.

6. In a scissors gauge, a pair of integral jaws, one of which has arecess in its end forming a clearance, the other of said jaws beingbifurcated and adapted to lie on the surface of a blade of a scissorsand arranged with its furcations engaging the edges of the other bladeof the scissors, means for forcing the aws into contact with the bladewhose surface is engaged by the bifurcated jaw, and a handle connectedto said aws.

FRANK J. LEIVIS.

